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Side-by-side comparisons of health care reform proposals
06/29/2009
Kaiser Family Foundation side-by-side comparisons of major health care reform proposals, Some information regarding the Senate Finance Committee proposal may be out of date.
Players building more than muscles
06/28/2009
The seventh annual Lift for Life event, organized by Uplifting Athletes, is a weight lifting competition among Penn State football players that will take place at 2 p.m. July 10 in Holuba Hall on the Penn State campus.
Patrick T. Curran, 37, dies from kidney cancer
06/28/2009
He had an unrelenting passion for the environment that came through in his diverse project portfolio, including new community planning, creek and upland habitat restoration and infill development projects in North America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Diet can increase risk of kidney cancer
06/28/2009
Eating red meat may increase a person's risk of developing the most common type of kidney cancer, while eating vegetables may provide a protective effect, new research in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association shows.
ASCO Foundation accepting artwork for 2010 Expressions of Hope Calendar
06/25/2009
ASCO is inviting anyone who has been touched by cancer to share their experiences through art. Visit www.cancer.net/expressionsofhope for more information.
Employers, workers may flee private health plans
06/25/2009
One of the chief criticisms of the public option is that employers would dump their pricey health coverage if their employees would be able to easily get on the government plan. But that would break one of President Obama's chief pledges - that people who like their current health insurance program can keep it - and drive up the taxpayer tab.
AUA Foundation announces Research Scholar Program award winners
06/25/2009
Scott Delacroix, MD, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | Evaluation of Nicotinamide N-Metyhltransferase Modulation on Chemotherapeutic Susceptibility of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.
My diary of kidney cancer
06/25/2009
At this stage its not known even if I will be going back on the Sutent. I guess it all depends on results of bone scan and recheck of possible lung mets.
NEJM: A Lifeline for Primary Care
06/25/2009
Primary care in the United States needs a lifeline. In 2009, for the 12th straight year, the number of graduating U.S. medical students choosing primary care residencies reached dismally low levels.
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